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just one plain white bib type

Just one, that my grandmother made for me out of pillow ticking. Sure, I could have more, but why mess with perfection?

Just one. blue and white stripes with an embroidered lobster.

I have a handful of touristy type aprons, mostly given to me as gifts. I like full-on bib aprons when I'm turbo-cooking, as for a large party; or for baking marathons. All other times I usually have a dishcloth threaded through one of my belt loops, mostly as a security blanket.

My mother actually collect vintage crocheted aprons (decorative, not functinal), and she has about twenty or so. She wants to preserve them, since it really is a dying art.

I have one, really nice one, from Finland, that I love. However, my mother is a really great seamstress and quilter, so eventually I would like to ask her to make one for me (she just made me a huge quilt, though, so I am not going to push my luck right now), so that I can have that and think of her when I cook.

None. I generally am able to keep myself clean while cooking or I change out of work clothes before making work if dinner that night is likely to be a little messy.

I have five:
1. A cute pink one with two small white hearts near the top that was on sale at William Sonoma the week after Valentine's Day
2. A bright green number with white pinstripes from Crate and Barrel Outlet
3. A beautiful half-apron (like, a skirt with no back half, basically) from Anthropologie, with birds and butterflies and ruffles and gingham...
4. An apron that I got at a cooking class with Roberto Donna (chef at the now-closed Galileo in DC) that has his name on it
5. A red apron with a crazy looking heart and some random text that I got for donating blood

None. I have a cooking shirt!

I've been meaning to acquire one of Lisa Garza's designer aprons.

I have 2 or 3. I don't know for sure because I never wear one and they're still in the box from when I moved two years ago. There's one that I've kept for sentimental reasons: it's a white canvasy number with Ziggy on it. It was a high school graduation gift.

I only have a handful, but my favourite is one that my friends had made me for personally with a picture of my face with a cartoon body cooking, and my nickname preceded by "Chef" above the picture. It is one of my all time favourite gifts. I use it almost daily.

About six, though like bessfour I usually only wear them when entertaining or making pizza dough. My favorites are a chic bar apron from Absolut Cut and one that says Cal (blue and gold, of course). I wear the latter in a thinly disguised campaign to steer her toward Cal in a few years. The others are from culinary academies or defunct food dot coms.

4 or 5. i made one, cute, old fashioned style. and some are just plain bib style and one from new orleans has such an offensive saying on it i'm embarrassed to wear it!

i love my williams sonoma kid-sized appron... it fits just right for petite cooks like me...

I have a drawer full of vintage pretty/sexy aprons that are special to me because they belonged to my mother. She always wore an apron and I have the more contemporary plain bib types that she wore at my house. I rarely even think to put one on. I think I'm a messier eater than cook (big boobs are not always a blessing). ;-D If I recall correctly, back in the 50's she wore one apron to cook and another prettier one to go with her outfit when company came. There are a few holiday specific vintage ones too, but I like the chiffon with ruffles the best. Reminds me of Lucy for some reason. I wear an old tie-dyed long shirt if I'm really worried about ruining my clothes. I also wear it as a night shirt and have worn it over a bathing suit.